Railway-tie and brace.



H. M. BODINE.

RAILWAY TIE AND BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.14,1918.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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H. M. BODINE.

. RAILWAY TIE AND BEACH.

APPLICATION FILED 001214, 1913.

1,182,155,, Patented Mar.16,1915.

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omen STATES rarmar @FFIGE.

HENRY M2 30mins; or wronrra, Kansas.

RAILWAY TIE AND BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Appiication filed October-'14, 1913. Serial-No. 7955079.

' and Braces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new anduseful improvements in ties and more particularly to concrete ties reinforced with metal or to metal ties, the. object of my invention being to,pr.ovide a compound or two-part tie so formed that whenthe parts are secured togethenthe. railssupported by the tie will be. clamped in place. I

A. further object of my invention 1s to providea tie, the bottom portion of which is-bellied downwardly to seat deeply in the ballast of the road bed, this construction strengthening the-central portion of the tie and atv the same time causing it to work down into the road bed, forcing the ballast toward the ends of the tie to provide a strong foundation or support for the rails, instead ofv allowing the ballast to work from the ends toward the middle as it does with the usual flat bottom ties. The center of the tie, whether pointed as shown in Figure 3 or curved as shown in Fig. 6, will tend to burrow in the road bed and, if a dirt road bed, the water will run to the center and not collect under the ends of the tieto soften it where the pressure is applied. And a still further object of my invention is to provide a novel arrangement of metallic reinforcing and bracing elements for the tie whenthe latter is constructed of concrete which will not only brace the body proper of the tie but which will also brace the rail engaging shoulders thereof to sufficiently strengthen the tie to permit firm clamping of the railsin place without the use of any separable fastening devices other than those employed in fastening the members of the tie together and which will provide such a brace for the rails as will be impossible for them to spread, thus preventing all accidents from this cause. Another important object of the metal reinforcing is to prevent cracki and breaking of the concrete.

ith these and other objects in view, my invention will bemore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claimsv which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the drawings: Fig. l is a perspective view illustrating one of my improved ties in use; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of my improved ties, showing the parts thereof somewhat separated to more clearly bring out the features of construction, the positioning and arrangement of the reinforcingelements being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 3.is a longitudinal sectional view of the tie; Fig. l is a transverse sectional view on the line -f-4z0f Fig. 3; Fig.

5 is atop plan view of the tie; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a tie of some? what modified construction; Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Corresponding, and like parts are re ferred to in the following. description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Each tie includes a pair of co-acting tie members 10 and 11 which are identical in construction, as will be readily seen by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings. Each of these members includes a body portion, rectangular in section having its upper face plane surfaced, save for the proiision of rail engaging shoulders, the construction of which will be later explained, and having its lower face inclined upwardly from the center to the ends to provide a downwardly bellied central portion 12. It will be clear that the separate members -of the tie are lighter and therefore more easily handled and placed in position than would be a tie made in one piece. Each tie member thus formed is provided adjacent one ndwith an upwardly extending rail ngaging shoulder 13 undercut at 14 to receive the outer flange of a rail and having its inner face inclined at its upper end as shown at 15 to provide a seat for the rail head. The outer face of the shoulder 13 is inclined downwardly t0 the end of the tie as shown at 16. Adjacent the opposite end of the tie member I provide a second rail engaging shoulder 17 the inner face of which is inclined or rounded and the outer face of which is undercut as at 18 to provide a seat for the inner flange of the other rail. Both tie members are of the same length and both are provided centrally and adjacent their ends with bolt receiving bores 19 which, when the tie members are in position one against the other, are in alinement with each other.

In laying a track with my improved compound tie, above described, one of the tie members is positioned in the ballast of the road bed with its rail engaging shoulder 13 at one side thereof and the other tie member is positioned in the ballast of the road bed adjacent the first and with its rail engaging shoulder 13 at-the other side of the road bed, the tie members being so positioned that one end of each tie member extends beyond the adjacent end of the other tie ember to permit the ready positioning of the "rails between the rail engaging shoulders 13 and 17. The rails are then posi tioned upon the ties when'the tie members other tie member. Bolts 20 are then passedthrough the bolt receiving bores 19 and secured in place by nuts, pins or keys 21. It

will therefore be apparent that these boltsand nuts not only secure the tie members together, but also because of the engagement of the rails between the rail engaging shoulders of the tie members, secure the rails in lace upon'the ties, all other fastening means eing therefore unnecessary as they also prevent the rails from spreading.

The above described ties may of course be formed of metal, but I preferably construct the tie members of concrete reinforced ,by bars or rods-of some suitable metal such as steel, as the ties thus formed are not only lighter and therefore more readily handled, but also they are cheaper in construction. The reinforcing bars or rodsi may be em-' bedded in the concrete making u the, body of the tie members in any one o .a number of ways, one of which is clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, this being the preferred manner of reinforcing the ties.-

As there shown, each tie member is provided with a reinforcin rod of steel or other suitable metal 22 whic extends longitudinally of the tie member adjacent one side thereof, the intermediate portion of the rod 22 being embedded in the upper portion of the tie member and the end portions being directed downwardly and bent to provide laterally directed terminals 23 which firmly anchor the braces against movement in the tie and consequently prevent the concrete from breaking away from the braces. Each tie member is further provided with a second longitudinally extending brace rod 24, the intermediate portion of which is bowed downwardly in such a manner that the main portion of the brace extends in parallel spaced relation to the lower face of the tie member in which it is embedded. This brace is preferably disposed adjacent that side of the tie member remote from the brace 22 and its end portions are bent upwardly as shown at 25 and 26. The portion 25 is then bent inwardly and extended upwardly into the rail engaging shoulder 17 as shown at 27, extending practically ,the entire length of the shoulder and terminating short of the rail web engaging face thereof. The opposite end portion 26 of the brace 24 is directed inwardly into the rail engaging shoulder 14. to a point adjacent the rail web engaging face thereof and then rebent upwardly and'outwardly to extend in spaced relation to the inclined outer face of said shoulder, as shown at 28. Any number of brace rods or bars of any size may be employed to render the tie body indestructible. The tie may be made as strong and heavy as desired and of any suitable length for switches, etc., any changes within the scopeing thereof under strain of a train passing over the rails.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have illustrated a somewhat modified form of tie construction in which'the tie is formed in a single piece. The tie there indicated by the numeral 29 is rectangular in plan view and cross section with the end portions of its upper face ifi clined downwardly to provide wedge-shaped terminals 30 and 31 which may be partially buried in the ballast of the road bed and which correspond in effect to the inclined outer'faces of the shoulders 14. The bottom portion of the tie is bellied downwardly centrally as shown at 32 in somewhat the same manner as are the lower faces of the tie members 10'and 11.

The tie 29 is provided with properly spaced apart rail engaging shoulders 33 and 34 against which the rails bear when in place, the latter shoulder being-undercut as at 35 to receive the outer'flange of the adjacent rail. The upper face of the tie adjacent these shoulders is preferably chan- In laying a track with this form of tie, the alternate ties are reversed end for end in such a manner that, while the rail seats beneath the undercut shoulder 34c of one tie, it will seat against the shoulder 33 of adjacent ties. By this arrangement the rails are firmly secured to the tie without the necessity of undercuttingboth shoulders thereof.

It will of course be apparent that if desired, ties of the above type, namely, those shown in Figs. 6 and 7, may be employed in pairs, and secured together by transversely extending bolts in the same manner in which the tie members 10 and 11 of the preferred form are fastened. It will also be clear that the tie members illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawings may be provided with the wedge-shaped terminals 30 and 31, if desired, by merely extending their ends somewhat, without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of thisinvention. v

If the ties illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 are formed of concrete they will be reinforced by rods or bars of resilient metal of suitable strength in much the same manner as are the tie members illustrated in the preferred form. Reinforcing elements or rods 4:1 will, in this instance, be embedded in the concrete to extend longitudinally of the tie with their end portions curved dowii wardly and their central portions bowed upwardly. Additional reinforcing elements 42 will also be embedded in the tie with their bowed portions spaced slightly above the bottom of the tie and with their end portions curved upwardly and extended inwardly as shown at 43 and 44: to reinforce the rail engaging shoulders 33 and 34, re-.

spectively. The free ends of these latter braces are then extended in' parallel spaced relation to the inclined faces of the wedgeshaped terminals of the tie as shown at 45 and 46.

Although I have illustrated "a compound tie and also a tie formed in one piece and --modified to include such features of construction of both forms as are found most suited to the particular circumstances. In"

other words, any changes, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made at any time, without in the slightest degree departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A rail tie including a body member bellied downwardly centrally and provided with a longitudinally extending brace memher having its end portions bowed downwardly and directed laterally to provide anchoring terminals, and an additional longitudinally extending brace, the central portion of which is bowed downwardly.

2. A rail tie including a body member provided with spaced rail engaging shoulders, an upwardly bowed reinforcing element embedded in the body member, and a downwardly bowed reinforcing element embeddedin the body member and having its end portions bent upwardly into the rail engaging shoulders.

3. A tie including symmetrically formed, co-acting tie members, each member being bellied downwardly centrally and provided with a longitudinally extending brace memher having its end portions bowed downwardly and--directed laterally, to provide 7 anchoring terminals, railengaging shoulders formed on each tie member, and means for securing the tie members together.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

-HENRY M. BODINE. [in s.] Witnesses:

RoooLPH HATFIELD, B. Rises. 

